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Approximately 180,000 Salvadorans in the U.S. have legal protection under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which was granted in 2001. Salvadorans with TPS have lived and, in many cases, raised their families here for over 20 years.

On December 28 and 30, the Committee of Families of Political Prisoners and the Politically Persecuted (COFAPPES) gathered at the gates of the La Esperanza and Santa Ana prisons, sending messages of love and solidarity to family members detained as political prisoners.

The Popular Rebellion and Resistance Bloc (BRP) laid out their goals for the upcoming year and analyzed the challenges facing the country in their second National Assembly, held on December 15.

On December 23, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly voted to overturn the country’s historic 2017 ban on metals mining, representing a major threat to the country’s environment and drinking water supply, according to environmental groups. The vote took place less than a month after Nayib Bukele announced his intention to reverse the ban, following swift committee approval and only two hours of debate in the general assembly.

On the eve of a special hearing in their cases, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) reiterates our call for the immediate release of Alliance for a Peaceful El Salvador coordinator José Santos Melara (Pepe) and grassroots journalist

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"I am a CISPES supporter because continuing to fight for social justice and a more people-centered country means continuing the dream and sacrifice of thousands of my fellow Salvadorans who died for that vision.” - Padre Carlos, New York City